My Geisha
It's the WACKIEST HOAX That Ever Turned the Screen Hilarious!
1962 | 120m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Jack Cardiff |
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| Writer: | Norman Krasna |
| Staring: |
| Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar... | |
| Release Date: | Mar 09, 1962 |
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| Director: | Jack Cardiff |
| Writer: | Norman Krasna |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | love triangle, jealousy, husband wife relationship, geisha, mistaken identity, tokyo, japan, falling in love, disguise, kimono, screen test |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Sachiko |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Shirley MacLaine | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori |
| Yves Montand | Paul Robaix |
| Edward G. Robinson | Sam Lewis |
| Robert Cummings | Bob Moore |
| Yoko Tani | Kazumi Ito |
| Tatsuo Saitō | Kenichi Takata |
| Tamae Kyokawa | Amatsu Hisako |
| Ichirô Hayakawa | Hisako |
| Alex Gerry | Leonard Lewis |
| Tsugundo Maki | Shiga |
| George Furness | George (uncredited) |
| Tamae Kiyokawa |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Franz Waxman | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Norman Krasna | Screenplay, Story |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Frank Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Robert Cummings | Songs |
| Jack Cardiff | Director |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Shirley MacLaine | Songs |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Arthur Lonergan | Art Direction |
| Stanley W. Sayer | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Ikuo Kobayashi | Assistant Director |
| Junjirō Yamada | Wig Designer |
| Harold Lewis | Sound Recordist |
| Harry Caplan | Production Manager |
| Shunichirō Nakao | Director of Photography |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Makoto Kikuchi | Art Direction |
| Harry Kratz | Assistant Director |
| Shu Uemura | Makeup Supervisor |
| Charles Grenzbach | Sound Recordist |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Steve Parker | Producer |
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